Richard sciiofield



(No Model.)

B. SOHOFIELD & A. F. ROBB.

DRYING FORM.

No. 465,733. Patented Dec. 22, 1891.

Unrrn'n STATES PATENT] OrFicn.

RICHARD SOHOFIELD, OF PAR-IS, AND ANDRElV F. ROBE, OF GALTON, CANADA.

DRYING-FORM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,733, dated December22, 1891.

Application filed May 15,1891- Serial No. 392,925. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, RICHARD SOHOFIELD, of the town of Paris, in thecounty of Brant, Province of Ontario, Canada, and ANDREW FRANCIS ROBE,of the town of Galton, Ontario, Canada, have invented a certain new anduseful Improved Drying-Form or Shirt-Stretcher; and we do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisspecification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relatesto that class of forms or shirt-boards on whichknitted or other shirts are stretched after they have been manufactured;and the object of the invention is to produce a simple and effectiveclasp or clamping mechanism by which the shirt may be quickly andsecurely held in place.

The invention consists in certain novel details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out particularly in the appended claims.

The drawing is a perspective view of a shirtboard having our improvedclamping device applied thereto.

For illustrating the invention in the preferred form we show it appliedto a shirtboard formed in halves-ordividedin the center, the two partsbeing hinged together. \Vhen applied to this class of shirt-boards itwill be understood that a clamping mechanism is provided on each half,and as the drawing is in perspective it shows the parts clearly-on butone side; but it will be understood that the parts are duplicated on theunder side. So, too, in order to show the invention to greateradvantage, one of the clamps on one of the halves is shown in openposition ready for the reception of the shirt and those on the otherhalf in the position they occupy when clamping a shirt.

A indicates the halves of the form provided with the usualarm-extensions a a, A the bottom board or cross-piece, and B is a pieceof zinc or other material fixed 011 the face of the base A and having apunctured orroughened surface.

O is a bracket secured to the bot-tom of the base A and shaped, asindicated, to form a support for one end of each bail D. The other endof each bail D is journaled in a bracket E, fixed to the shirt-board, asindicated. A pair of bails D are provided for each side of theshirt-board, and the bails opposite to each other are connected byaspiral spring F. \Vhen the tails of the shirt are stretched over theroughened surface of the plates B, the bails D, which have previouslyraised, are allowed to drop onto the shirt, and by the action of thesprings F the tails of the shirt are thus rigidly held to the board.

Instead of roughening the plates B, the same effect will be produced byroug'hening the surface of the clampingbails D.

e do not wish to confine ourselves to the employment of spiral springs,as other springs may be provided to accomplish the same purpose; nor dowe desire to limit ourselves to the exact shape of the parts shown, itbeing within the capacity of anyordinary mechanic to change the same.

An important and very essential feature of the present invention lies inthe mechanism which enables the clamps to be locked or held open,whereby the shirt may be stretched and drawn down smoothly into theposition it will occupy, and then the clamps may be thrown intoengagement therewith.

The springs constitute retainers for holding the clamps in either openor closed position, being adapted to work across the pivotal centers ofthe clamps, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described ourinvention, what we claim as new is 1. Thecombination, with the drying-form, of the clamp pivotally mounted on andbearing against one side thereof, and the retainers connected to theclamp above its pivotal point, whereby it is held in open position whilethe shirt is drawn down, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the drying-form, of a pair of brackets mountedthereon, abail D, having its ends pivoted in said brackets,respectively, and a spring bearing on the bail, substantially asdescribed.

3. In combination with a drying-form, a pair of brackets O and E,mounted thereon, a spring-actuated bail D, having its opposite endspivoted in said brackets, and a roughened plate B 011 the face of thestretcher, substantially as described.

4. In combination with a drying-form,

brackets O and E, attached thereto, two bails D, pivoted in saidbrackets, and a spring F, acting on both of said bails, substantially as15 described.

R. SOHOFIELD. A. F. ROBE. Witnesses as to Richard Schofield:

O. M. FOLEY, J. BELL DALZELL. I Witnesses as to A. FRANCIS ROBB:

WM. TILT, J. BELL DALZELL.

